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- Temporal Coverage is exactly "1945-02-24"
Gordon Babbage's navigator's air bomber's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 100 Squadron; 102 Squadron; 156 Squadron; 1658 HCU; 1667 HCU; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Defiant; Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Halifax Mk 2; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; mine laying; Pathfinders; RAF Driffield; RAF Faldingworth; RAF Grimsby; RAF Pocklington; RAF Riccall; RAF Rufforth; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Upwood; RAF Warboys; training; Whitley
Gordon Dennett's observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 15 OTU; 196 Squadron; 298 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; B-24; bale out; bomb aimer; Botha; C-47; Dominie; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 7; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Proctor; RAF Driffield; RAF Evanton; RAF Hampstead Norris; RAF Harwell; RAF Leconfield; RAF Yatesbury; Sunderland; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Gordon Mercier's navigators, air bombers and air gunners flying log book
Tags: 10 OTU; 1652 HCU; 1658 HCU; 171 Squadron; 51 Squadron; 78 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); Fw 190; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Abingdon; RAF Breighton; RAF Marston Moor; RAF North Creake; RAF Riccall; RAF Snaith; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Whitley
Gordon Mills observer's and air gunner's log book
Tags: 149 Squadron; 1651 HCU; 1653 HCU; 1657 HCU; 218 Squadron; 26 OTU; 44 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 75 Squadron; 83 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Cook’s tour; crash; Heavy Conversion Unit; incendiary device; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lincoln; Martinet; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Binbrook; RAF Feltwell; RAF Hemswell; RAF Leconfield; RAF Lindholme; RAF Little Horwood; RAF Mepal; RAF Methwold; RAF Mildenhall; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Penrhos; RAF Shallufa; RAF Stradishall; RAF Waddington; RAF Wing; RAF Wratting Common; Stirling; take-off crash; training; Wellington
Gordon Mills sortie record sheet no 1
Tags: 149 Squadron; 218 Squadron; 75 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Lancaster; mine laying; Stirling
Harrold Wakefield's navigator's, air bombers and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 1652 HCU; 51 Squadron; 617 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Distinguished Flying Cross; flight engineer; Grand Slam; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Horsa; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Me 262; mid-air collision; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oxford; promotion; RAF Lyneham; RAF Marston Moor; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Riccall; RAF Snaith; RAF Syerston; RAF Woodhall Spa; Tallboy; training; Whitley; York
Harry Thomas Ansell's flying log book for flight engineers
Tags: 1654 HCU; 61 Squadron; 83 Squadron; aircrew; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); Distinguished Flying Medal; flight engineer; George VI, King of Great Britain (1895-1952); Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Pathfinders; RAF Coningsby; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF St Athan; RAF Stockport; RAF Syerston; RAF Torquay; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training
Interview with Gerald Rich
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Ivor Cole's log book
Tags: 103 Squadron; 1656 HCU; 1667 HCU; 28 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; B-24; C-47; Cook’s tour; Dominie; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Castle Kennedy; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Hemswell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Wymeswold; training; Wellington; wireless operator
J Leadbetter’s flying log book aircrew other than pilot
Tags: 101 Squadron; 1667 HCU; 21 OTU; 582 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; Gee; H2S; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; incendiary device; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Hemswell; RAF Little Staughton; RAF Ludford Magna; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Warboys; training; Wellington
Jack Penswick’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 16 OTU; 1660 HCU; 29 OTU; 61 Squadron; 617 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; bale out; bombing; Botha; Grand Slam; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Manchester; Martinet; Operation Catechism (12 November 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Morpeth; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Scampton; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Woodhall Spa; Tallboy; Tirpitz; training; Wellington
John Casey's flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners and flight engineers
Tags: 1654 HCU; 29 OTU; 61 Squadron; 83 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Cook’s tour; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Martinet; Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Coningsby; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; training; Wellington
John Cox’s pilots flying log book
John Cox’s pilots flying log book. Two
Tags: 1667 HCU; 626 Squadron; 83 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bale out; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lincoln; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Cosford; RAF Hemswell; RAF Newton; RAF Peplow; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Wickenby; shot down; training; Wellington
John Derek Bolton’s Pilots flying log book. One
Tags: 16 OTU; 162 Squadron; 25 OTU; 29 OTU; 455 Squadron; 571 Squadron; 608 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Beaufighter; bombing; C-47; Cook’s tour; Defiant; Flying Training School; Hampden; Hurricane; Lancaster; Lysander; Magister; Martinet; mine laying; Mosquito; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; pilot; Proctor; RAF Bitteswell; RAF Bourn; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Cranwell; RAF Downham Market; RAF Finningley; RAF Mildenhall; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Oakington; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Upavon; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Waddington; RAF Warboys; RAF Watchfield; RAF Wigsley; RAF Woolfox Lodge; Spitfire; Tiger Moth; training; Ventura; Wellington; Whitley
Kenneth Gill - service history
Tags: 617 Squadron; 9 Squadron; aircrew; crash; Grand Slam; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; mine laying; navigator; Operation Catechism (12 November 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Bardney; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Woodhall Spa; Tallboy; Tirpitz; training; Wellington
Kenneth Gill’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1660 HCU; 29 OTU; 617 Squadron; 9 Squadron; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hudson; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; mine laying; missing in action; navigator; Operation Catechism (12 November 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Bardney; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Woodhall Spa; Stearman; Tallboy; Tiger Moth; Tirpitz; training; Wellington
Leonard Green’s navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1660 HCU; 29 OTU; 50 Squadron; 61 Squadron; 83 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing up; Cook’s tour; Dominie; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Manchester; military service conditions; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; perception of bombing war; Proctor; RAF Bitteswell; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Coningsby; RAF Manby; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigtown; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Leslie Alfred Davies and crew
Tags: 10 Squadron; 14 OTU; 1654 HCU; 50 Squadron; 6 BFTS; Advanced Flying Unit; aerial photograph; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bomb trolley; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); British Flying Training School Program; C-47; crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; FIDO; flight engineer; Flying Training School; George VI, King of Great Britain (1895-1952); ground crew; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; incendiary device; Ju 88; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Me 262; memorial; military service conditions; missing in action; Mosquito; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; petrol bowser; pilot; RAF Banff; RAF Barrow in Furness; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Madley; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF St Athan; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; reconnaissance photograph; service vehicle; Stirling; target indicator; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
Leslie Davies observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 14 OTU; 1654 HCU; 50 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; navigator; Operational Training Unit; RAF Castle Bromwich; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; training; Wellington
Leslie Valentines pilots flying log book. Two
Tags: 13 OTU; 88 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; Blenheim; bombing; Boston; Dominie; Flying Training School; Initial Training Wing; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; Proctor; RAF Bicester; RAF Hartford Bridge; Second Tactical Air Force; strafing; training
Letter to Mrs Wareing from P. R. Sherlock
Tags: prisoner of war; RAF Kirkham